House Speaker Mike Johnson faced some unexpected pushback when talking to Fox News’ Laura Ingraham about the government shutdown.
Appearing Tuesday on The Ingraham Angle, Johnson repeated a popular MAGA talking point claiming that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was forcing the government to shut down for political purposes.
“He wants to give free health care to illegal aliens,” Johnson said, a claim President Donald Trump and his administration have repeatedly made.
Ingraham responded, telling Johnson, “He [Schumer] says that’s not true. Democrats say it’s expanding Medicaid, getting dollars back from Medicaid.“
She then added, “It leaves some room for unauthorized immigrants—I call them ‘undocumented Democrats’—but they’re unauthorized immigrants in some cases, and there’s discretion to use the money toward individuals who are not here lawfully.”
Johnson then claimed Ingraham was “wrong” and went on a similar spiel to that of Trump.
In a post made to Truth Social last week that contained a number of factual errors, Trump wrote, “The Democrats want Illegal Aliens, many of them VIOLENT CRIMINALS, to receive FREE Healthcare.”
He also claimed that Democrats want to leave deceased individuals on Medicaid and Social Security rolls so that “criminals can continue to be allowed to receive that payment and steal their money.” Democrats are in support of “so many other things that will destroy America,” he added.
“We cannot let this happen!” the president concluded.
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